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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






3. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






4. What is RDA of protein?






5. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






6. What does DASH stand for?






7. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






8. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






9. What is normal BMI?






10. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






11. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






12. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






15. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






16. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






17. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






18. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






19. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






20. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






21. The higher the BMR a client has --






22. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






23. What type of people need extra protein?






24. What function is vitamin D?






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






26. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






27. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






28. How many calories/gram is protein?






29. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






30. When does BMR decrease?






31. What is normal albumin levels?






32. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






34. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






35. Sources of fats






36. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






37. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






38. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






39. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






40. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






41. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






42. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






43. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






44. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






45. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






46. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






47. What foods have high quality protein?






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






50. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?